Magical Fruit Salad

Name: Magical Fruit Salad
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 cups
Ingredients: 4 cups prepared fruit (fresh; canned or frozen; see Directions) 1 package (makes 4 servings) instant pudding mix (lemon or vanilla) 1 ¾ cups cold nonfat or 1% milk

This 3 ingredient fruit salad is a fun and delicious way to add more fruit to your day!

Video

Footed glass dish with a creamy fruit salad.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Chill time: 5 minutes
Makes: 4 cups
Nutrition Facts: View label

Ingredients

4 cups prepared fruit (fresh, canned or frozen; see Directions)

1 package (makes 4 servings) instant pudding mix (lemon or vanilla)

1 ¾ cups cold nonfat or 1% milk

Directions

Wash hands with soap and water.
For fresh fruit: Rinse fruit and cut into bite-sized pieces, if needed. For canned fruit: Drain fruit and cut into bite-sized pieces, if needed. For frozen fruit: thaw, drain and cut into bite-sized pieces, if needed.
In a medium bowl, combine the instant pudding mix and cold milk. Add the fruit and stir gently. Refrigerate for 5 minutes before serving.
Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Notes

This salad is best if eaten as soon as it is ready.
Use any fruit, such as apples, bananas, berries, grapes, oranges or pineapple. Try a mixture.
Young children can choke on whole grapes; cut grapes in half or smaller to reduce the chance of choking.
No fresh milk? Mix ½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons dry milk powder with enough cold water to make 1 ¾ cups of milk.

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Comments

Submitted by Abbie on Fri, 01/26/2024 - 09:43

This is very sweet. I think you could used more fruit for this amount of pudding. I used cut grapes, apples, canned pineapple and canned mandarin oranges. If using non-diary milk, use less than 1 3/4 cup to make the pudding thicken.

Submitted by watkinbr on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:57

Kids love this recipe. I let them choose which types of fruit is in season, and which canned fruit we will use!

Submitted by PeriVitton on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 04:01

Fruit salad is my favorite brunch dish which I never get bored of. But I want to ask can I ask pomegranate seeds to this recepie of yours?

Submitted by elaine s on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 09:47

You can use any mix of fruit with this recipe which is great for using what you already have on hand.

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Submitted by Gooseberry on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 15:57

I use one 6 oz. container of lowfat yogurt instead of the pudding. It is a fresh changed and the Vanilla yogurt blends all the wonderful fruit flavors together without over powering them. Delicious!